New Delhi, India: India's selectors named a 15-man squad on Thursday for the final two Tests of the four-match series against Australia starting in Ranchi on March 16.

Virat Kohli's India, who won the second Test in Bangalore by 75 runs on Tuesday to level the series at 1-1, left out injured allrounder Hardik Pandya from their earlier team of 16.

India squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Karun Nair, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhinav Mukund.